Is Prince the mystery act? Hmmmmm. . . .

This is pure speculation, but sharp editorial eyes here in the newsroom noticed some geographic wiggle room in the tour dates announced by Prince — putting the artist formerly known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince in pretty close proximity to the Times Union Center. The venue has teased us all by promising to announce some “major” summer event, potentially the biggest in 10 years, later today.

On July 7, Prince will be in Toronto. On July 10, he’s due in Portland, Maine.

Wouldn’t that take him straight through Albany? He’s never performed around here before, canceling a plan appearance at SPAC in 1991.

The TU Center press conference is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. this afternoon. We’ll let you know as soon as we know.